HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: AGEING (Part 2)

In her book “How to Grow Old Disgracefully”, the actress Hermione Gingold remarked: “There’s nothing so ageing as the past – especially when it catches up with you. I like to live in the present”. How gay was Hermione? Well for starters her sister Angela Baddeley played iconic...

January 19th, 2010 | Highlights, Rehab | Read More

INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA IN FOOTBALL LAUNCHES

The Justin Campaign, a campaign launched in memory of Justin Fashanu – the world’s first and only out gay professional football player – is to launch an international day opposing homophobia in football – Football vs Homophobia on February 19th 2010. The day’s intention is to raise...

January 18th, 2010 | News | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: AGEING

They used to sing ” Nobody loves a Fairy when she’s Forty ” back in the days of homo criminalisation but now the internet is awash with Daddies, Bears and Spanking GrandDads – thankfully nobody needs to look like Cher anymore to still be in the game. Can you imagine being rejected...

January 12th, 2010 | Health, News, Rehab | Read More

MR GAY CHINA BEGINS…

This Friday sees the first Mr Gay China Pageant taking place in Beijing. Ben Zhang, founder of gay PR company Gayographic who organised the event, said they hope the pageant will “send out a message to the Chinese public that the gay community is here and it’s healthy, sexy, trendy.” The...

January 11th, 2010 | Interviews | Read More

HOMO TRAVEL: WORLD GAY LEGAL MAP

Last week two men in Argentina became the first same-sex married couple in Latin America. At the start of 2010 there are only seven countries in the world that allow gay marriage. But there are plenty more where being openly gay could land you in prison, or face the death penalty. Click on the map below...

January 4th, 2010 | News | Read More

“QUENTIN CRISP WAS SELF-HATING AND HOMOPHOBIC” SAYS TATCHELL

In a statement released today, Peter Tatchell says Quentin Crisp was a self-hating homophobe. He also criticises tonight’s ITV’s An Englishman in New York drama of sanitising Crisp’s rejection of gay rights and equality. Tatchell says: “Quentin Crisp was a contradictory, infuriating...

December 28th, 2009 | Comment, News, Theatre | Read More

GAY FOOTBALLERS TOLD TO STAY IN CLOSET

Gay footballers are being told to stay in the closet because the game is considered so anti-gay. In an interview with The Daily Star, Britain’s PR multi-man Max Clifford, said that he has advised a number of gay players to remain in the closet. He said: “It’s a very sad state of affairs....

December 21st, 2009 | News | Read More

NUMBER OF LONDON GAY BARS FALL BY 40%

The number of gay bars in London has dropped from 250 to 150 in the last five years, according to the Gay Business Association (GBA). Stephen Coote, director of the GBA, told the Evening Standard that online dating and the recession has hit gay bars hard. “Dating and cruising, which the community...

December 18th, 2009 | Clubland, News | Read More